Our Experience with Iatrogenic Ureteric Injuries among Women Presenting to University College Hospital, Ibadan: A Call to Action on Trigger Factors

Table 2

Clinical features.

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage
Duration of leakage
>6 months	06	33.3
6 months–<1 year	06	33.3
>1 year	06	33.3
Affected ureter
Left ureter	12	66.7
Right ureter	05	27.8
Both	01	5.6
Antecedent surgery before injury
Emergency caesarean section	12	61.1
Abdominal hysterectomy	04	22.2
Vaginal hysterectomy	01	5.6
Destructive operation	01	5.6
Indication for antecedent surgery
Prolonged obstructed labour	11	50.0
Symptomatic uterine fibroid	02	11.1
Uterine prolapse	01	5.6
Endometrial cancer	01	5.6
Abortion	01	5.6
CIN	01	5.6
Failed VBAC	01	5.6
Hospital setting of antecedent surgery
Private	12	44.4
General	02	5.6
Tertiary	04	22.2
Anaesthesia
General anaesthesia	03	16.7
Subarachnoid block	11	61.1
Epidural block	04	22.2
Type of repair
Ureteroneocystostomy	17	94.4
Boari’s flap	01	0.56
Complications ()
Wound infection	06	66.8
URTI	01	11.1
UTI	01	11.1